Tech Tuesday – Barry Byrne
In this week’s Tech Tuesday for WCJB TV20, UF Innovate’s Loren Miranda speaks with Dr. Barry Byrne, Associate Chair of Pediatrics and Director of the UF Powell Gene Therapy Center.
Creating the Molecules of Life with HiPerGator
The University of Florida's HiPerGator, the most powerful supercomputer in higher education, is transforming the world of molecular research.
Jinze Xue, a Ph.D. student in the Roitberg Computational Chemistry Group, recently conducted a large-scale early Earth molecular dynamics experiment using HiPerGator. The experiment utilized over 1,000 A100 GPUs on 22 million atoms to discover how complex molecules can form from the basic building blocks of life and to make the process automatic through large-scale computer simulations.
University of Florida Researchers Unlock New Frontiers in Brain Tumor Treatments
Researchers at the University of Florida's are making breakthroughs in the treatment of malignant brain tumors. Duane Mitchell, M.D., Ph.D., co-directs the teams conducting this research at the Preston A. Well Jr. Center for Brain Tumor Therapy at UF Health. Over the past ten years, the center has received FDA approval on 12 therapeutics and launched 13 novel immunotherapy clinical trials.
UF Accelerate Alumni RTI Surgical Completes Acquisition of Cook Biotech
UF Innovate | Accelerate alumni company RTI Surgical, a surgical implant company, has finalized its acquisition of Cook Biotech, a life sciences company based in West Lafayette, Indiana. The company is now the only regenerative medicine company with a portfolio of both allograft and xenograft biomaterials available at scale.
Tech Tuesday – CelebrateGNV
In this week’s Tech Tuesday for WCJB TV20, UF Innovate’s Loren Miranda speaks with Stacy Burrell, Event Chair for startGNV.
SpaceX Launches UF\IFAS Microbiology Experiment to ISS
University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Associate Professor Kelly Rice recently saw her experiment launch to the International Space Station during SpaceX's recent NG-20 mission. The aim of the experiment is to better understand Staph infections in a microgravity environment, and how its affects can be exacerbated in close quarter environments like the ISS.
Optym Raises Strategic Funding From Venture 53 To Make Transportation Operations Efficient
Venture 53, an industry-focused transportation and logistics fund, recently announced their investment in Optym, a trailblazer in optimization solutions for the transportation industry. Founded in 2000 by UF Professor Emeritus Ravi Ahuja, Optym serves railroads, airlines, and truck carriers to improve efficiency and optimization through AI.
UF/IFAS Scientists Join Together To Promote Compost Standards, Practices in Florida
The University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) is seeking alternatives to encourage Floridians to compost common waste like food items, grass clippings, and more. This effort, aimed at reducing demand on landfills, will see UF/IFAS personnel partner with industry professionals and organizations to minimize environmental impact and encourage economic development.
First Patient Enrolled in Rise Therapeutics’ Rheumatoid Arthritis Clinical Trial
Rise Therapeutics, a UF startup and a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing novel oral immunotherapeutic medicines, announced it has enrolled its first patient in its R-2487 Phase 1 rheumatoid arthritis clinical trial.
UF Health Cancer Center to Launch Mobile Mammography Unit and Expand Access to Care
With a $1.5-million grant awarded through University of Florida President Ben Sasse’s strategic funding initiative, the UF Health Cancer Center will launch an initiative called Expanding Access to Breast Cancer Screening in North Central Florida. A mobile mammography unit will be outfitted with leading-edge technology to bring services directly to the community. The unit will be the first of its kind in North Central Florida – a region larger than Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut combined.
